Quotes about Protection
Syria, for all its problems, at least has a constitution that guarantees equal protection of citizens. Around the world, we have seen that this is essential where Christians are a minority and are not protected.
— Franklin Graham
It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.
— George Washington
He is not drowning His sheep when He washeth them, nor killing them when He is shearing them. But by this He showeth that they are His own: and the new-shorn sheep do most visibly bear His name or mark; when it is almost worn out and scarce discernible on them that have the longest fleece.
— Richard Baxter
you no longer need to protect or defend the mere part. You are now connected to something inexhaustible.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Without a sense of the inherent sacredness of the world—of every tiny bit of life and death—we struggle to see God in our own reality, let alone to respect reality, protect it, or love it. The consequences of this ignorance are all around us, seen in the way we have exploited and damaged our fellow human beings, the dear animals, the web of growing things, the land, the waters, and the very air.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
God protects us into and through death, just as the Father did with Jesus.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
A truly free society protects all faiths, and true faith protects a free society.
— Rick Warren
God is with us, and His power is around us.
— Charles Spurgeon
Power always protects the good of some at the expense of all others.
— Thomas Merton
Praying for your children is the most powerful way you can care for them.
— Elizabeth George
Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.
— St. John Chrysostom
You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.
— John Bunyan